Sunday, December 14, 2014

1977 MICAA Champions: Crown and ITM


Crown Motors defeated Solid Mills, 95-92, to win the 1977 MICAA championship. In the two-round eliminations, Crown finished second and a game behind Yco Painters with 12 wins and six losses to Yco's 13-5. They made it to the finals via higher quotient, leaving Solid Mills and Yco to dispute the second finals seat, which the Denims won, 89-88.



The Car dealers: Emer Legaspi, Chito Mistades, Federico Lauchengco, Anselmo Ana, Abe King, Leopoldo Herrera, Joey Marquez, Pablo Javier, Jaime Reynoso, Errol David, Giovanni Arceo, Rolando Pineda, Manuel Palanca and Ramon Cruz.


The ITM team of coach Nardo Marquicias, won the 1977 MICAA Invitational title over Crown Motors later in the year. Ric Mallari's two free throws in the closing seconds gave ITM an 87-85 victory over Crown in the third and final game of the championship series.